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Exoplanet estimator
The video gives an amusing introduction to exoplanets.
The student worksheet takes students through calculations on Doppler shift, orbits and Kepler's Third Law, estimating the mass of a planet using the conservation of momentum, and interpreting data from tables and graphs. The "independent" version of the worksheet also gives worked solutions.
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